HDIV vs. ESCT, JII, JPGI, CGI, ATR, OTV2, AIE, GHE, FSFL, and UEM
Should you be buying Henderson Diversified Income stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Henderson Diversified Income include The European Smaller Companies Trust (ESCT), JPMorgan Indian (JII), Jpmorgan Global Growth & Income (JPGI), Canadian General Investments (CGI), Schroder Asian Total Return Inv. (ATR), Octopus Titan VCT (OTV2), Ashoka India Equity Investment (AIE), Gresham House (GHE), Foresight Solar (FSFL), and Utilico Emerging Markets Trust (UEM). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Henderson Diversified Income vs. Its Competitors
The European Smaller Companies Trust (LON:ESCT) and Henderson Diversified Income (LON:HDIV) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, dividends and media sentiment.
The European Smaller Companies Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Henderson Diversified Income. The European Smaller Companies Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Henderson Diversified Income, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
The European Smaller Companies Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Henderson Diversified Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. The European Smaller Companies Trust pays out -223.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Henderson Diversified Income pays out -125.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
In the previous week, The European Smaller Companies Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Henderson Diversified Income'saverage media sentiment score.
The European Smaller Companies Trust has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Henderson Diversified Income has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
The European Smaller Companies Trust has a net margin of 87.06% compared to Henderson Diversified Income's net margin of 0.00%. The European Smaller Companies Trust's return on equity of 10.91% beat Henderson Diversified Income's return on equity.
1.3% of The European Smaller Companies Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.4% of Henderson Diversified Income shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of The European Smaller Companies Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Henderson Diversified Income shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
The European Smaller Companies Trust beats Henderson Diversified Income on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:HDIV) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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